Can focus on safety culture become an excuse for not rethinking design of technology?

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 268-278

  Rollenhagen, Carl ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Design; Innovation; Organisational factors; Safety; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DESIGN; SAFETY TESTING;

ORGANISATIONAL; ORGANISATIONAL FACTORS; SAFETY CULTURE;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENGINEERING; MORALITY; ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY;

EID: 70449533063     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.07.008     Document Type: Note

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